By Kelsey Johnson April 21, 2022
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The subsequent time you log into your AWeber account, you might discover that the message editor has modified. All the identical performance is there, but it surely has moved out of your approach so you may get right down to writing your emails with out distractions.
What’s new?
Ingredient navigation on the facet
The “transfer,” “copy,” and “delete” buttons are in a brand new place.
You’ll not see blue and black bins surrounding the row / aspect you’re engaged on. As an alternative, you’ll see a light-weight grey line on the best facet of your aspect. The row could have a light-weight blue field surrounding it solely in case you are instantly engaged on that individual row.
Within the new model, you need to hover over the part to see the transfer, copy, and delete choices.
Take a look at what modified:
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With fewer visible distractions, you may get your subsequent e-mail despatched quicker than ever.
We’ve mixed the Header and Paragraph parts so now you can create headers instantly inside the paragraph aspect.
Take a look at what modified:
Copy-and-paste from a separate doc in seconds
Do you draft your emails in Google Docs? Microsoft Phrase? Apple Pages? Some place else? It’s extraordinarily simple to repeat these e-mail drafts and paste them instantly into the AWeber message editor.
Check out the message editor right this moment — updates included — and tell us what you assume.
Now you can navigate round your account with only a few keystrokes! The brand new Fast Actions Menu will get you the place you have to go in seconds — with two clicks or with out ever leaving the keyboard.
What’s the Fast Actions Menu (aka the Fast Menu)?
The Fast Actions Menu is a popup menu with shortcuts that convey you instantly the place you have to go inside your AWeber account. Need to create a brand new message, add subscribers, or evaluate your campaigns? You will get instantly there rapidly utilizing the Fast Menu.
The menu may even present you keyboard shortcuts that you should utilize to get round your account much more simply.
Merely click on on “Fast Menu” in your facet navigation or choose command (⌘) + Ok in your keyboard.
Then use one of many 3 ways you should utilize the brand new Fast Menu to maneuver round your account.
Keyboard shortcuts
Within the Fast Menu, a shortcut keystroke is listed subsequent to every motion. For instance, “Create a message” is related to “Shift + M.”
Meaning, typing “Shift + M” will instantly direct you to create a brand new message, as proven above.
These keystroke shortcuts will solely work when you’re on a dashboard display. When you’re within the message or touchdown web page editor (or inside the search perform of the Fast Menu) “Shift + M” will merely work as a capitalized M.
Be taught all of them and transfer round your account like a professional (saving tons of time in the long term).
Right here’s an inventory of the keyboard shortcuts:
Get the printable PDF of all AWeber keyboard shortcuts.
You’ll be able to scroll by to see choices like “Go to messages,” “Create a touchdown web page,” and extra.
Click on on one in every of these choices and you’ll be delivered to the suitable web page. So, for instance, if you happen to select “Create a message,” you’ll end up in a brand new drag-and-drop message with the latest template you selected.
Have you learnt precisely what motion you need? Seek for it as an alternative of scrolling. Utilizing the highest search bar, you’ll be able to seek for key phrases like “message” or “touchdown web page,” and likewise non-direct key phrases like “e-mail” and “assist.”
The Fast Menu will nonetheless get you the place you have to go.
Watch a demo
What shortcuts would you want?
That is just the start of the Fast Actions Menu. Is there an motion you’re taking each time you log in that you just’d wish to see on this listing? Tell us by filling out this suggestions type.
An RSS feed is an easy URL that features updates out of your web site, podcast, YouTube channel, Etsy retailer, and so on. You should use RSS feeds in AWeber to create lists of your latest updates without having to repeat and paste textual content or add photographs.
Now, the RSS aspect can do one thing even higher — it’ll replace dynamically (in actual time). Meaning regardless of if you ship your e-mail, solely the latest data will probably be included.
Right here’s what modified:
What’s a dynamic RSS feed?
“Dynamic” (vs “static”) means one thing updates based on pre-set circumstances — on this case, the circumstance is when your e-mail is distributed.
So, earlier than if you added the URL on your static RSS feed, it will pull in the latest posts, movies, or merchandise as of the second you added the RSS feed to your e-mail (or clicked refresh). With a dynamic feed, it pulls in the latest posts, movies, or merchandise as of the precise second you ship the e-mail.
For instance, if in case you have printed a weblog publish between the time you created the e-mail and the time it’s despatched, the brand new weblog publish will nonetheless present up within the e-mail you ship! Cool, huh?
Don’t have your individual RSS feed? Attempt utilizing a dynamic RSS feed generator like SnipRSS to create one with content material from different sources that you just wish to share.
What’s the important distinction between dynamic and static feed updates? Dynamic feeds replace mechanically.
Meaning, the easiest way to make use of them is with campaigns — your automated emails.
So listed here are 3 ways to start out utilizing Dynamic Feeds right this moment.
1. Embody your latest weblog posts in a welcome e-mail
Try to be sending welcome emails to your new subscribers.
And now you’ll be able to add your latest weblog content material to your welcome emails with none additional work.
How? Add the dynamic feed aspect to a number of of your welcome emails, pop in your weblog’s RSS feed, and select what number of posts to indicate (I like to recommend at the very least three so your new subscribers can take a look at your stuff).
Right here’s what it may seem like in your emails (new subscribers would at all times see the latest posts out of your weblog):
2. Embody your latest YouTube movies in a welcome e-mail
Do you create movies on YouTube? Why not ship a welcome e-mail along with your most up-to-date YouTube content material, too?
You’ll be able to add your YouTube channel URL to the RSS aspect to convey up your latest video content material. Add your video feed to the identical e-mail as your blogs, or possibly a distinct welcome e-mail.
Right here’s what your YouTube feed would seem like in an e-mail, once more at all times with probably the most lately printed movies:
Be aware: Need to embrace only a playlist as an alternative of each video? Add your channel and playlist data to this URL and add it to the feed aspect:
https://www.youtube.com/feeds/movies.xml?playlist_id=[YOUR PLAYLIST ID HERE]
3. Ship weekly (or month-to-month) Etsy updates in minutes
E mail is thought for making you an common of $38 for each $1 spent. Since your e-mail listing is full of people that already know you, such as you, and have possibly even bought from you, emails are important for brand new Etsy gross sales.
So ship a daily e-mail, both weekly/bi-weekly or just when you will have a bunch of recent stuff in your retailer.
With the dynamic feed, it’s fairly easy too. Design as soon as, copy your emails, and ship when your retailer has new merchandise uploaded.
Right here’s how:
- Design an “updates” e-mail to characterize your retailer. You need it pretty generic — so it is smart regardless of which merchandise you add.
- Add your Etsy retailer into the dynamic feed aspect and select what data you wish to add.
- Every time you wish to ship a brand new e-mail, copy the latest e-mail, evaluate it for any small adjustments you would possibly wish to make, then schedule or ship it. This could solely take a few minutes.
Your common emails may look so simple as this and nonetheless drive new gross sales:
1. Create a brand new draft Message or open an present Message.
2. Drag and drop the RSS aspect into your e-mail:
3. Then, add an RSS feed or just your YouTube account or your weblog’s URL into the sidebar.
You’ll be proven a number of feed choices:
4. Select “Dynamic Feed” as your Feed Kind.
5. From right here, you’ll be able to edit the way you need your feed to look.
Select the variety of feed objects, structure, colour, class, and what you wish to present — picture, description, creator, date, and so on.
After you have your feed the way you need it, you’ll be able to ship or schedule your e-mail — or add it to a marketing campaign.
Check out dynamic feeds and tell us what you assume!
How are you going to make use of the dynamic feed possibility in your emails? Attempt it out and tell us the way it went.
Up to date Stories: A Quicker and Simpler Method to Get Helpful Knowledge
Reporting is the #1 approach that can assist you enhance your e-mail advertising and marketing. By studies, you’ll be able to decide which emails are working, who your clients are, who’s signing up, and even which days of the week are handiest.
The data to assist information your success ought to at all times be helpful and readable in a look — wherever you’re.
Current updates imply our reporting does simply that — in three essential methods:
- Graphs and charts are simple to learn rapidly
- You’ll be able to test reporting on any gadget simply
- Consolidated studies comprise data that helps you write higher emails
What’s new in AWeber studies?
Your studies are actually quicker to make use of and simpler to know.
Take a look at what’s new:
- A model new map exhibits your viewers’s location on an area and international scale
- Bigger and easier studies show you how to perceive your information at a look
- Sortable tables show you how to determine developments and discover the knowledge you want
- Consolidated studies and quick access to filters and actions present the the knowledge you need and wish, with out distraction
- All studies work on any of your units — it doesn’t matter what they’re
We hope these updates will show you how to write higher emails and make extra gross sales.
What can I do with this new reporting?
Graphs and tables are fairly — however their energy comes from the knowledge they will present you. So what are some simple takeaways you may get in a look?
Establish your finest performing content material
Effectively, for starters you’ll be able to determine profitable emails — possibly attributable to higher content material or calls to motion (CTAs) — from higher-than-normal click on charges.
For instance, this “Opens over time” chart for October exhibits a broadcast that’s despatched weekly. An identical variety of individuals open this e-mail every time it goes out, leading to pretty similar-sized spikes.
The “Clicks over time” chart for a similar time interval and listing has extra and better spikes in early October than later. This might point out that the printed despatched in early October appears to have had a extra compelling provide than the others.
Use information like this to find out what sorts of content material, offers, and CTAs finest resonate along with your viewers, and ship extra emails with what they like.
Establish location developments rapidly
The situation map gives a snapshot of huge image worldwide nations information, in addition to states and cities. Verify it each on occasion to see the place — actually — your viewers is situated.
There are a few issues you are able to do with this information.
Establish success: Did you lately attend an occasion in particular person in one other metropolis? You’ll be able to have a look and see in case your model is spreading by phrase of mouth, which might present as extra subscribers in that individual metropolis.
Communicate in your viewers’s language: Do you will have plenty of clients in a rustic that doesn’t communicate your native language? Chances are you’ll wish to keep away from difficult language that doesn’t translate effectively. Or section customers and ship everybody an e-mail of their language.
Ship advertising and marketing emails based mostly on location: Discover you will have a bunch of recent subscribers in California? Create a section of California-only subscribers and ship them a hyper personalised e-mail with references they’ll perceive and even a private low cost code.
All in all, realizing the situation of your subscribers helps you acknowledge them as individuals as an alternative of merely numbers.
Verify your studies!
We advocate checking your information utilizing these studies at the very least as soon as every week to see if you happen to can glean any helpful data, determine developments, and show you how to to create a greater e-mail technique that makes extra gross sales.
Be aware: Did you’re keen on the outdated reporting system? It’s nonetheless accessible. Once you’re in your studies display, merely click on “Again to Traditional Stories” within the higher proper nook and also you’ll be introduced again to our legacy reporting view.
7-day Black Friday Marketing campaign Template
Black Friday and Cyber Monday drive extra gross sales for many corporations than every other time of the 12 months. Clients have their bank cards out and wish to spend — so long as they get a deal.
You don’t even must promote Christmas presents to get Black Friday gross sales. In case you promote an on-line course or companies, you’ll be able to nonetheless provide a sale and leads who’ve been on the fence about shopping for are prone to make the plunge.
However, ugh. Writing all these emails to get consideration in peoples’ inboxes? That’s plenty of work.
Not anymore! We constructed a 7-day marketing campaign template so you’ll be able to ship emails and get these gross sales with out a lot work. That is the way it begins:
Beginning with a lead-up the Saturday earlier than Black Friday, and ending with a Cyber Monday promotional e-mail — this marketing campaign has your week lined. It contains dynamic content material for personalization, model new header designs, and plenty of pre-written copy. However they’re your emails — make any changes you want.
It’s fully free to make use of with any AWeber account.
Useful 404 for Unpublished or Disabled Touchdown Pages
What’s a 404? 404 error or 404 not discovered is a standard error in websites throughout the online. It usually occurs if you click on a hyperlink, however there’s no web page related to that individual hyperlink — which might occur for varied causes.
For instance, if in case you have created a touchdown web page utilizing AWeber’s builder, however haven’t printed it but (or have unpublished it) the hyperlink related to that web page will present a 404 error.
Do you know that 404 pages will be designed? Effectively, we’ve designed ours to clarify why the web page didn’t load. Plus, it has helpful data on create an interesting touchdown web page that makes you cash. Right here’s the way it seems to be:
The touchdown web page builder is included in each AWeber account.
Direct-to-Cost Hyperlinks
Once you promote merchandise in emails, social media, or different locations on-line, typically you wish to hyperlink on to a purchase order pop-up as an alternative of a product touchdown web page.
Give it some thought: Your e-mail probably already serves as a gross sales web page — with a product picture, description, and worth. Sending your potential clients to a touchdown web page the place they must click on “Purchase now” once more means doubtlessly shedding out on gross sales.
Now, if you happen to promote utilizing AWeber ecommerce + Stripe, you’ll be able to hyperlink on to your gross sales web page’s order type pop-up. When the client clicks, they’re instantly directed to enter their bank card data. No distractions.
Right here’s the way it works on your clients:
Prepared to make use of the hyperlink? After you have a product arrange in your AWeber account, click on “Order Type” after which click on to repeat the Order Type Hyperlink. Merely paste it in your e-mail or wherever else you’re selling your sale.
Tip: Get new merchandise arrange in minutes and begin promoting from wherever utilizing this direct-to-payment hyperlink. After the acquisition, you’ll be able to redirect clients to a different web site or just a thanks web page.
Cost Quarterly Recurring Funds
Chances are you’ll already provide subscriptions and fee plans in your touchdown pages — to make purchases simpler and usher in common revenue. Now, along with charging weekly, month-to-month, or yearly, you may as well set recurring funds on a quarterly foundation.
Coaches and instructors could have new, in-depth content material each three months, somewhat than month-to-month. Now, they will cost purchasers on a quarterly foundation — matching the content material launch. Coaches may also provide quarterly funds for a course, with a reduction off their month-to-month charge.
Service suppliers could discover themselves in an identical scenario. In case your initiatives take a number of months to finish, quarterly retainers could swimsuit your corporation mannequin higher than month-to-month ones.
Even podcasters and paid newsletters can use quarterly funds — by providing a three-month recurring advert spot, charged 4 instances a 12 months.
Do quarterly funds make sense with your corporation mannequin? Provide one to your purchasers now with Aweber ecommerce.
Make Your Touchdown Web page A Homepage
Don’t have a web site? No drawback! Now you can simply set a touchdown web page to be your homepage — aka the principle web page of your new web site.
Right here’s how: Arrange a touchdown web page you wish to use as a homepage. Within the web page settings — below the area settings — toggle “Set as homepage” to on.
Your homepage will probably be accessible at [YOUR ACCOUNT].aweb.web page or [YOUR ACCOUNT].aweb.web page/residence. For instance, financialbiz.aweb.web page.
Or, you’ll be able to purchase or join a website simply, instantly in your AWeber account. Then you’ll be able to arrange your touchdown web page to indicate at your area.
For instance, if you happen to purchased or related the area myfinancialbiz.com, your touchdown web page — truly, your new web site — will probably be accessible at http://myfinancialbiz.com/.
Able to get your homepage dwell? Right here’s a plug-and-play template that may develop into yours with a few headlines, photographs, and buttons:
